Amritsar, Nov. 18 : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday described anti Sikh riots of Delhi as “wrong” and incidents in Punjab that took place in 1984 as a “tragedy”.

He added that guilty people of the 1984 riots that followed his grandmother’s assassination ought to be brought to justice.

New Delhi, Nov 11 : Rejecting Margaret Alva’s criticism of the Congress Party, General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday denied her claims about selling of tickets during the Karnataka elections.

Rahul said he was happy with the distribution of the tickets in elections.

He Gandhi rejected her charges saying he was “not unhappy” about ticket distribution.

Meanwhile, Congress’ chief spokesman M Veerappa Moily said that Margaret Alva had committed serious breach of discipline.

Bhillai, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Nov. 11 : Kicking off the Congress party’s campaign in poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Monday, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi urged the people to vote the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of power.

Chhattisgarh is among the six states headed for staggered assembly polls in November-December this year.

The six state elections will test the political temperature in India before a general election in early 2009. Congress has been losing ground to the BJP in state elections over the past year.

After Sonia Gandhi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has now targeted the young scion of the Gandhi family as the tussle between the Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party continues.

On Friday the administration of Chandrashekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Science in Kanpur cancelled Rahul Gandhi’s scheduled interaction with students. When he reached the university auditorium at the scheduled time he found the doors locked. So he headed to the canteen where he was able to interact with hundreds of eager students.

Kanpur, Oct 24 : Uttar Pradesh administration today cancelled interactive session of Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi with the students of the Chandrashekhar Azad University.

According to sources, the Vice Chancellor of the University had given instructions to cancel the programme.

However, Rahul, who reached the University as per the scheduled programme, met the students in the cafeteria, instead of auditorium.

St Stephen’s College seems to have taken serious offense to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s comment that during his year-long stay there, students who asked questions in class “were looked down upon”.

On Tuesday, while addressing students at a university in Srinagar, Rahul Gandhi said, “When I was studying at St Stephen’s College, asking a question was not (perceived to be) good in our class. You were looked down upon if you asked too many questions.”

This statement set off a chain reaction among the Stephanians.